Friday, July 31, 2009
The Jason Project
Hi everyone! I just finished a two day workshop for prof. devel. on the Jason Project. I'm sure many of you have heard about it but if you haven't I thought I would throw this out to you. The Jason Project was started by Dr. Robert Ballard (founder of the Titanic). He thought that students needed to have inquiry in their studies and become excited about science. So he developed this project that currently has three operations: Operation Resilient Planet, Operation Monster Storm, and Operation Infinite Potential. Resilient Planet deals more so with environmental issues, Monster Storm of course is about weather, and Infinite Potential is about energy. They all have components for earth science, physical science, biology, and some chemistry. In each operation there are 5 missions that the students and you work through that have a researcher and student argonauts that help the students through what it is they are studying. All of the information and curriculum is FREE and downloadable!!!! You can join the "Mission Center" by visiting www.jason.org. Sign up as a teacher and you will be able to see lesson plans, all the materials that are in the actual books(which are VERY VERY nice- we were fortunate to get copies and work through materials of both Resilient Planet and Infinite Potential), and you can see how it connects to our standards as well. ALSO- big thing- there are digital labs and educational games that allow your students to practice the material you are learning! I really hope you will take a bit to look into this if you are not familiar with it. Its an awesome tool that gives you FOR FREE materials that are current up to date information about science! Let me know if you have any questions about it! I would be happy to help!
Wow! I've heard of this and have used JASON expedition videos but have never participated in an actual mission. I didn't realize it was FREE to participate. Where did you take the workshop? Thanks for the post!
ReplyDeleteMe again...I just went on the site and registered...I played the Storm Tracker digital lab and it is excellent...all of the digital labs under Monster Storms (and the one on roller coasters) look very engaging. Thanks again for the lead...I love finding out about new resources. This one really fits with our class and integrating technology to make learning menaingful and relevant for our students.
ReplyDeleteHey Cindy! The workshop was offered at Rappahannock Community College- Warsaw campus. I signed up through my school. I'm glad you signed up for it. Under teacher resources remember are the materials you would use to hand out to the students and stuff. The Coaster Creator game is so much fun! Try it!
ReplyDeletewhich leads into our next lessons. Good timeing.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for the link and idea.. I teach oceanography and we were looking for a way to incorporate a lab into marine technology. This will be great :)
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